Originally Posted by
hemaybedid
...To clarify my opinion. I feel that the labor groups which have been discussed already exist on false pretenses being that our government restricts trade with other countries that can supply the same products made by their unskilled labor groups for far lower prices. These far lower prices would benefit each and every American. If fare trade were allowed, which is blocked by lobbying by their unions, our unskilled labor groups would be freed from their artificially inflated incomes to receive higher skills and education. With these new skills and education these workers would be able to grow our economy in areas that the U.S. is in a prime position to lead the world economy and bring in money from other world economies. You see I don't believe any person is superior to another. I simply believe that these unions have been a detrement to their represented laborers and more importantly to every American citizen....
Undercutting the middle class is not an effective way to grow the economy. They are the backbone of the economy. Management, in search of short term profits, has been in a constant search for ways to undercut their labor force. This includes outsourcing. The problem is, when this is done on a large scale, the very people who purchase the products and services a company produces are sent into an economic downward spiral, and can't purchase these products and services. This only weakens the economy in the long-term, even though it may be good for a short-term boost. What says that more skilled jobs will be available, if unskilled jobs are continually eliminated? Even if a company ships all their unskilled labor overseas, it doesn't mean the number of skilled jobs will increase within that same company, and especially not by the same number that were eliminated. It just means more working-class Americans will be on the street, and not able to make any contribution to the economy. The American working class has been an essential part of our economy since the very beginnings of our country. I know many, many people who have had their jobs eliminated by outsourcing. Believe it or not, every single person has been forced into a worse job, because of outsourcing! It didn't force them to get more education, or improve their situation. It only forced them into a situation of desperation, where they had to take a job that was lower on the totem pole, in order to pay bills and feed their family. How can they afford to re-educate themselves when they are working some crap job, barely paying bills, and paying off student loans for the education that was geared toward the job that just got outsourced out from under them?